New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-11

nd become engaged In the effort to collate the WORK
that had been done by Americans toward t1e d
the testimony among American naturasts 10 the deri
ystye theory Of those who had written about BIRDS and
by Darwin had been illustrated by these little things
Dr. Brewers work upon nesting was toucned upon ~
headed woodpeckers had taken to boarding up
aoorns which had worms in them and fattening so to
Then tho speaker glanced from birds 70 insects and
claimed that there was remarkable indViluauB .cn
them Some superior, some inferior. ~ u iecH-
ham established clearly that wasps could distsu,so
between colors. and had some amount OF memory AN u,
other man quoted rs authority for an Instance OF
remarkable reasoning power on the part OF hornet
that had captured locust under difficult circumstances
hut managed by much ingenuity 10 fly on with us VIC
fin I'm triumph The general deduction was that insects
were not be considered as auiomata acting by In
stInc but reasoning creatures having likes and diskes
OF their own and solving problems presented to them py
the exercise OF intellectual faculties He continued ms
defence OF Daryiniansm by stating that the missing
links when the public hungrily demanded were
being found on every hand lie quoted tne einn .nt
in his magnificent collection at Philadelphia he had
many fossils that were clearly intermediate. some
some casters were nearly equally so. DIT Putnam ana
scudder brought forward as authorities Tor tue
pleasing fact that insects in the paeozoic age were III
termedate in some features PARTICULARLY their eyes
Since 1876 Professor Marsh AID Professor Cope had
published remarkable works upon extinct vertebrate
life Professor Marsh demonstrated that Inc pras oI
early mammals were remarkably small IN spite Oh tell
huge size II not strange that they were succeeueu
after the next geologic age by smaller animals Win
larger brains The dinocerata were typical creatures
for their bulk and snaness OF BRAIN and u might well
be- they too sluggish AID toe stupid to protect
their offspring Professor John Fiske had advanced
similar argument with regard % the disappearance ~
toto OF parly Of mankind. Another observer
had pointed out the reptan character OF the monotro
mata of Australia OBVIOUSLY class OF mtormedlate
creatures that had survived from prior geologic ago
and we're anachrOnisms 70 day. . -,
The sneakcr's next statement heard with breatn
less surprise 70 was concerning creature WIN ru
menary third eve and no observed that sooner had
Dr. Tho Dwight in his attack upon Darwinism Nm
tied possible vision in vertebrates TO Two eyes t .
trioptc mammal was discovered. His next argument
was drawn from tho notifications OF the legs or ci
taceans particularly decapods. Then he considered the
work OF "A writer who had examined into the lcHscts
physically which had resulted from mans Deserving
the posture of his quadrumanOus ancestors ana asshh
ng an erect attitude. Tis author advanced curious
series of facts concerning the valves of mems veins ana
specl Ally concerning those veins wlero there are no
valves In an erect posture this absence OF valves IS
detrimental but In the ancestral attitude or the mani
nal man 1t was a matter OF no moment lCireat np-
plause. -, .
The Museum Of the School Of Mines was thrown open
90 public inspection after the close Of the address